Sr Expert Connect. Automat. Engineering

Overview of the company

We, OMV Petrom Global Solutions, are proud members of the OMV IT community. OMV IT delivers industry best practice solutions which enable our business success in the Energy Production and Distribution industry. It is our vision to 'Enable Success and Transformation!' and our mission to address this goal with the right capabilities, at the right time, with the right mindset.We are at the core of user experience on both sides of the isle: business and our consumer market. We challenge the status-quo. We are partnering with business experts to shape the future service portfolio of our digital tools. Thus, we have a key role in OMV’s Digital Transformation. Together, we are on a never-ending quest to test the edge of what is possible. We strongly believe each end every IT employee makes a difference in that respect.

Your tasks

• Own the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of automation solutions for connectivity and network operations at enterprise scale.
• Act as subject‑matter expert and automation authority for connectivity within Infrastructure Operations, influencing standards and best practices.
• Translates platform capabilities into production‑ready automation patterns, ensuring operational robustness, security, and compliance.
• Defines and promote Network‑as‑Code and Infrastructure‑as‑Code principles for connectivity services across hybrid environments.
• Drives the automation of complex operational workflows (provisioning, configuration, validation, remediation, lifecycle management).
• Establish automation governance, including testing, versioning, documentation, and operational handover standards.
• Collaborates with Platform Enablement to shape roadmaps, tooling decisions, and reusable automation components.
• Provides expert support for major incidents, problem management, and structural root‑cause elimination through automation.
• Coaches and mentors Ops engineers, fostering automation skills and mindset across teams without formal people management.
• Acts as senior technical counterpart for vendors and partners, steering automation integration in managed connectivity services.

Your skills

• Education: Master’s degree in IT & C
• Relevant professional experience: > 7 years
• Extensive experience in enterprise connectivity/network operations with proven hands‑on delivery of automation solutions and the ability to influence standards and practices across multiple teams. 
• Proven experience in data engineering, including data ingestion, transformation, and modeling.
• Extensive experience in enterprise connectivity or network operations
• Proven track record in designing and delivering automation in production environments
• Experience operating in complex, hybrid (on‑prem / cloud) infrastructures
• Advanced automation and scripting skills (e.g., Python, PowerShell, APIs, YAML)
• Experience with automation frameworks and infrastructure tooling (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, vendor APIs)
• Strong understanding of CI/CD concepts applied to infrastructure and connectivity
• Ability to influence without authority across Ops, Platform, and Architecture teams
• Proficient English user (C1/C2).

What OMV Petrom can offer

• Long weekend plans are always welcome - on Friday, our office hours end at 14.00.
• You can rely on a health insurance that covers medical treatment in a variety of private medical clinics.
• You can work from home, if the work activity allows.
• The number of your days off increase according to your work experience so that you'll enjoy more free time.
• We aim to make your vacation days happier, by paying each vacation day double.
• Are you a top performer? Your work can be rewarded each three months based on performance results.
• Additional days off and various financial support for different events like marriage, child birth, etc.
• Access to LinkedIn Learning and a variety of development programs.
• Do you prefer cars or bikes? We have free private covered parking.